. >> sandy hit new york city in the surrounding city and left un unprecedented damage. we have erroll louis, thanks for sticking around. now we have mayor kelaher, thank you for being here. >> it's a pleasure to be here. sandy has made tomorrow's river the katrina of new jersey, that's for sure. >> eliot: for folks who may not know, you have 100,000 folks who live in tomorrow's river. that's a lot of folks. describe for us how widespread is the devastation? >> right along the coast, we have 44 square miles and part of our population is on the barrier island, which is separated from the mainland. there is a bridge over the coastal water way and cause way and the place that really got hit was our township ortley beach. gas leaks all over the place houses on the beach are tipped over. it's just total devastation. all the power lines are down. and it was obviously due to this storm surge. our boardwalks are gone, and just two years ago we built a brand new lifeguard tower public rust room restroom, and i recognize the masonry on the sand. >> had that ever happened before in